7/7/2023 0 Comments Virtual families 2 depressionIn March, Gross attended the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Mobile Learning Week conference in Paris, France.Here are a few of the places he has been: Shawn Gross, the KVC Institute’s Technology Innovation Officer, has been traveling the world sharing how VR can be used in treatment. ![]() The KVC Institute aims to unleash that creativity and maximize human potential,” said Sue Lohrbach, Executive Director of the KVC Institute. “VR technology takes down the walls of traditional ways of learning and opens a world of creative possibilities. Through treatments, the KVC Institute determined that VR has the potential to enhance clinical practices through role-playing, sensory integration, executive function, socialization, decision-making, and pleasant imagery. Youth can create personalized pathways to allow them to visit a place in virtual reality where they feel safe or happy. This technology creates a sense of engagement that is far stronger than other treatment modalities. The VR sessions used in behavioral treatment facilitate new approaches to meditation, exploration of different environments and landscapes, and art and expression therapy. ![]() Children are showing us new ways to use VR everyday.” “After the novelty began to decrease we were even more excited to see the calm and real curiosity the VR experience provides. “Immediately we could see that using VR in therapy created joy and excitement, which as a clinician is amazing to see in trauma focused treatment,” said James Roberson, Vice President of Program Services at KVC Hospitals.
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